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Wave by sonali deraniyagala on the morning of december 26, 2004, on the southern coast of sri lanka, sonali deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. Sonali deraniyagala wave free audiobooks online slideshare. The book opens as the tsunami is approaching and deraniyagala and her family attempt to outrun it. Economist sonali deraniyagala lost her husband, parents and two sons in the 2004 boxing day tsunami. Review of wave by sonali deraniyagala audio andrew b lang.
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